5/22 - Pt Pinole

 

11 of us enjoyed the warm sun and mild breezes of Pt Pinole. We started from the Atlas Rd entrance and made a CW loop of 2.6 miles (3 mi or so for those who walked out the pier). There was still green grass and there were the hoped for Calochortus and Brodiaea along the Bay View Trail just before starting down to the pier.

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5/15 - no hike. A dozen of us drove to Loomis to help Jeanne celebrate her 95th birthday with lunch at High Hand.

05/08 - Mt Wanda

 

On a day which promised to get very warm, eleven of us walked at Mt Wanda. It was the first time the group had visited since 2019 (the JMLT hike to introduce the Almond Ranch property). We walked up the fire road, then returned via the Nature Trail. There were LOTS of birds. After returning to the parking area we went the short distance to the John Muir Historic Site to enjoy the native garden at the visitor center where Elaine has spent so much time and effort. About 2.5 miles.

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05/01 - Perkins Canyon

There were 10 of us today. The weather forecast was for quite warm, but this is a short walk (under 2 miles) and there is a good deal of at least partial shade. Crossing the first creek was rather messy, but all the other creek crossings were easy in comparison. The flower of the day was the Diablo fairy lantern (there were so many we almost began to ignore them) followed closely by Triteleia laxa. The excitement was a large rattler which had been sunning in the middle of the fire road. He left without showing any interest in the humans, thank goodness.

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